Rowena Texas!

Rowena, Texas! Rowena is on US Hwy 67, Farm roads 2872 and 2133, and the Santa Fe Railroad, 8 miles from Ballinger in southwestrn Runnels County. The town was laid out in November 1898 by Paul J. Baron, who called the place Baronsville. A railroad section house there was named Rowena Station by Railroad Officials in 1888, but the post office rejected the name because it resembled that of Ravenna in Fannin County.

When Gustave Schuhmann became the first postmaster in 1900, the office was named Bolf for land agent John Bolf. The post office took the name of Rowena in 1901, and local residents sersuaded Baron to rename the town Rowena in February in 1904. The name was either that of a girlfriend of a son of Jonathan Miles who Helped obtain the railroad extension throught the town or that of the wife of the Santa Fe Railorad cleark James Spillane.

Message from the Editor: This is a non-profit page made for the community of Rowena. The only reason any business was listed on this page is because they are in the Rowena Community. Not because they paid for the spot. If there is a business I forgot to list, please email me and I will add it. I am also working on pages for : Harriet Texas! Tennyson Texas! Paint Rock Eola Lowake Miles Texas! Feel free to email me anytime with suggestions you might have!!